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Thursday, May 2, 2019

Banke administration annuls 300 citizenship certificates

Nearly 300 citizenship certificates issued on the basis of descent have been annulled in Banke district.

The District Administration Office stated that the certificates of people living in Rajhena, Khajurakhurda and Manikapur villages have been scrapped.

This move by the district administration follows a recent order by the Supreme Court to annul around 34,000 citizenship cards, which the apex court ruled were illegally distributed in various districts of the Tarai region including Banke.

According to Chief District Officer Madan Bhujel, most of the citizenship cards out of the 1,818 cards, yielded illegal as per the apex court order, had already been taken back earlier.

A committee formed by the then government in 1997/98 is alleged to have distributed the citizenship certificates illegally. The Supreme Court had declared these citizenship cards illegal after around four years.